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Michelle Wu

Michelle Wu

Mayor of Boston

Appears in 5 stories

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Singapore opens Boston biotech hub, its fifth US outpost

Money Moves

Presented a City of Boston proclamation recognizing the office

Enterprise Singapore opened its Boston office on September 9 — the agency's fifth in the United States and the first Southeast Asia trade outpost in the city. It sits inside the Cambridge Innovation Center, minutes from the Kendall Square biotech cluster that anchors American life sciences.

Updated Yesterday

KS Partners sells approved downtown Boston office conversion site

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In office

A Woburn developer sold a downtown Boston office building approved for conversion into 95 apartments for $8.6 million, or about $90,500 per approved home. KS Partners won the conversion approval in April 2025, then sold the site rather than build it.

Updated 4 days ago

Incumbents prevail in Massachusetts primaries; two Senate races too close to call

Rule Changes

Endorsed challengers in two Senate primaries and an incumbent in a third; one challenger lost, one is in a recount, and the incumbent she backed lost

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu backed challengers to two state senators who blocked her property tax plan in January. One challenger, Latoya Gayle, lost to Senator Nick Collins; the other, Daniel Lander, trails incumbent William Brownsberger by 34 votes ahead of a recount due Sept. 11.

Updated 6 days ago

Boston loosens liquor cap as beer-and-wine shops trade up to full licenses

Rule Changes

Championed the upgrade legislation

Boston's Licensing Board approved a Beacon Hill market's request to sell scotch and aged tequila alongside its beer and wine, brushing aside neighbors' warnings that BuzzBallz-maddened teenagers would swarm the State House area. Owner Barznab Khan said he would swap some wines and beers for the spirits, and agreed not to sell micro bottles or singles.

Updated 6 days ago

Boston City Council funds feasibility study for Madison Park vocational school rebuild

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Championing the Madison Park rebuild; administration directed Parcel P3 siting review

Boston City Council voted 12-0-1 on July 8, 2026 to spend $5 million on feasibility studies for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. It's the biggest concrete step yet toward a promised rebuild of the aging Roxbury campus.

Updated Aug 26